Guess I'm A People Too

by Adam Campbell

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1.
I'm not sure if you noticed But lately I've been sort of drifting in and out of living My intentions and actions blurred and obscured My ability to experience an objective reality Distorted to the point where I'm tasting colours And I'm seeing sound and I'm worried I'm worried I'll never be able to smell straight again People harness their passion People work very hard People focus their energy Should I too? Just in case you were thinking otherwise I want you to know - I'm not really that fat I'm just kinda soft in the middle But I'm hard in the mind so it balances out Besides, it never hurt to have a little extra weight To throw around whenever it comes time To dance those dances we dance Yes, those beautiful dances we dance People harness their passion People work very hard People focus their energy Should I too? People got fingers, People got toes People got eyes on either side of their nose Guess I'm a People too People got a mouth, People got ears People got as many hairs as they got fears Guess I'm a People too People got elbows, People got shoulders People got issues that they can't get over Guess I'm a People too People got a brain, People got a heart People got People - now that's a start Guess I'm a People too People harness their passion People work very hard People focus their energy Should I too?
2.
The Secret 03:34
I found myself at home one morning Dragging my sorry ass nowhere. I scratched my itches, boiled some water Steeped the chamomile then saw it That telling picture by a summer's lake A pair of shy and awkward glances You couldn't call the angle flattering But God it made me smile to see it The secret to making good love is finding the right one to make it with You have complicated feelings I think knock-knock jokes are funny You get goosebumps in the summer Winter comes and I'm still sweating When you get angry I get turned on When I get turned on you start laughing I never met two people as perfect for each other as you and I are. The secret to making good love is finding the right one to make it with I'm not a guy who likes to kiss and tell And I don't mean to be a bragger But morning breath has never kept us from doing what we love most - sleeping in The secret to making good love is finding the right one to make it with
3.
Slowdown 04:34
Run - run - run - running around You keep on running around But you're not getting away Back - back - back - back of the class You're stuck at the back of the class And you're stuck there everyday Spin - spin - spinning your wheels Just spinning in your hamster wheel And you just keep spinning away You're quick, you're quicker than quick So quick you're losing your grip And you feel it slipping away Girl you gotta slow down, slow down Girl you gotta slow down, slow down Running around, running around, running around But you're not getting away Back of the class, back of the class, back of the class And you're stuck there everyday Spinning your wheels, spinning your wheels, spinning your wheels And you just keep spinning away Losing your grip, losing your grip, losing your grip And you feel it slipping away Girl you gotta slow down, slow down Girl you gotta slow down, slow down I don't know a lot of things But it seems to me The faster that we try to go The longer that it takes Oh, Time is such a funny man He's never standing still Yet in his own incessant way He always takes his sweet self Girl you gotta slow down, slow down Girl you gotta slow down, slow down
4.
You had a plan It held no flaws One-sided dice The perfect odds The perfect purpose The perfect fit And then your plan, it went to shit. And in a breath, the wind changed its tune One withered heart One new soul in bloom Ducks in a row Nobody knows Which way they should go The rules get tricky The game evolves Do you keep playing? Or sit and watch? The hogs get slaughtered The pigs get fat The world gets dizzy And you get Jack And in a breath, the wind changed its tune One withered heart One new soul in bloom Ducks in a row Nobody knows Which way they should go And in a breath, the wind changed its tune One withered heart One new soul in bloom Ducks in a row Nobody knows Which way they should go You had a plan You went with it And thankfully it went to shit
5.
Sherry Warner found it first Inside a park at Erin Woods Walking her dogs just of the trail Sniffed out some real suspicious meat Three mounds the size of volleyballs Big pile o' chuck still nice and raw She called animal control And then the Peel police showed up "Experts are analyzing the morsels to determine if they were tampered with, and investigators are asking anyone who may have noticed anything suspicious in the park to contact them." Then in Tobias Mason park Chap found another curious chop The second hunk inside a week But no conclusive link was made City workers scoured the trash To sink their teeth into a clue While Sergeant Zahir couldn't say Until the test results came back "Authorities are still reminding people to keep a close watch over their children and pets while spending time in parks. This incident came about a month after a poisoning-scare in High Park in which several dogs were sickened and two died." Finally those slabs got 'dentified Police confirm no tampering But were they left maliciously? Or were they left for squirrels to eat? Now both them parks opened again And such a case is pretty rare But buddy's still out on the loose So keep an eye on pets and kids Yeah keep an eye on pets and kids Said watch your pets and watch your kids La la la la suspicious meat La la la la suspicious meat La la la la suspicious meat La la la la suspicious meat
6.
Tethered 03:52
We don't always remember Just whose side we are on It's hard to keep all the facts straight When playing it so close to the chest And if I stay tethered to you Will you stay tethered to me? 'Cause then we could pull ourselves up As quick as we knock ourselves down Sometimes, we are emergency surgery Either we kill or we save And sometimes, we are the primest of numbers We just can't be divided And if I stay tethered to you Will you stay tethered to me? 'Cause then we could pull ourselves up As quick as we knock ourselves down Nothing's better 'til it's worse Nothing heals until it hurts Nothing's lost until you've got something to lose And if I stay tethered to you Will you stay tethered to me? 'Cause then we could pull ourselves up As quick as we knock ourselves down
7.
I got powers that'll make your head spin I can hear voices when there's nobody speakin' The doctors all tell me that I'm fallin' to pieces But I don't fall for nothin', I know it's telekenisis See someone in the government's controllin' my body 'Cause I'm the only one they trust to carry-out their secret mission Millions of fingers crunchin' millions of numbers Couldn't figure it out 'cause I'm the only one smart enough To crack the code, to put it all in perspective I solve every puzzle 'cause I'm a master detective Yes, every useless bit of information I've collected will be used against my enemies to bring them to their knees I'm always happier-than-happy 'til I'm sadder-than-sad Do it make me crazy or is I just mad? When I'm not busy engineering every major election I roam the Galaxy in search of rare bubonic infections I've built tangrams with aliens, played backgammon with God I've done well for being more than a few peas short of a pod
8.
Maybe 03:34
I watch the candle flicker Reminds me of my mission A million ways to burn out I find it hard to pick one Maybe if I stare even deeper into... I watch the stars rehearsing I'm jealous of their distance They practice while the sun sleeps I find it hard to count them Maybe if I just close my eyes for a bit... Maybe I'm just off the mark and getting colder Maybe everything's a joke that's over my head Maybe I'm not meant to ask the question Maybe I already know the answer I hear the rivers rushing I wonder what's their hurry? A gush of inspiration It always leaves me thirsty Maybe if I slow down I'll catch up with them... The answer's always maybe
9.
The Vice 03:50
Everywhere I go, I go in disguise Every move I make, I make a surprise Everyone I meet, I meet after dark 'Cause you can never be too sure, too sure who they are Fool me once Fool me twice I pull the wool And squeeze the vice I got eyes on the back of my head I got eyes on the back of my head So if you try to fool me you'll get fooled instead I got eyes on the back of my head Never keep a secret, secrets will eat you Never trust to luck, blind luck will defeat you Never turn your back, your back will get bruised Never lose your cool, your cool trips the fuse Fool me once Fool me twice I pull the wool And squeeze the vice I got eyes on the back of my head I got eyes on the back of my head So if you try to fool me you'll get fooled instead I got eyes on the back of my head Every price you pay, you pay for a reason 'Cause every pig will squeal, squeal if you squeeze him I got eyes on the back of my head I got eyes on the back of my head So if you try to fool me you'll get fooled instead I got eyes on the back of my head
10.
Words 02:50
Don't wanna talk about the future Don't wanna talk about the past Don't wanna talk about the present No I don't even wanna say one word 'Cause words just seem to ruin The times we're lying still Numb from love's collide Tell me what words add to that? Because our breath can somehow sweeten The silent space our bodies fill Because our hearts beat like they're screamin' No we won't even have to say one word Instead, our words will be Our reaches and our stares A language just for us Tell me what words add to that?
11.
Until 01:26
Until the end of ends Until we've said it all Until we wear right through Until the last sweet note
12.
Red Red Mud 04:56
Red red mud, red red mud Same deep colour as my red red blood Red red dirt, red red dirt Stains my heart the way it stains my shirt Red red clay, red red clay Made me into what I am today Red red sand, red red sand I dig my toes into the red red sand Red red soil, red red soil We reap rich harvest from the red red soil Red red earth, red red earth Lay my soul to rest in red red earth

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released March 13, 2019

written & performed by Adam Campbell

produced by Adam Campbell and Pouya Hamidi

mixed by Pouya Hamidi
at Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, ON, Canada

engineered by James Pew and Adam Campbell
at Euphonic Sound, Toronto, ON, Canada

additional engineering by Noah Stroyman and Pouya Hamidi

all songs © 2019 Adam Campbell

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Adam Campbell Toronto, Ontario

Adam is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter originally from Summerside, PEI. 'Guess I'm A People Too' is Adam's debut solo album. He lives and works in Toronto with his wife Alice and his cat Ninja.

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